Human Behavior in Organization

Friday, December 3, 2010

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Organizational Behavior is an insightful journey towards understanding people in the workplace. It opens doors to the various relationships one can find, build and experience within an organization and how these relationships affect people’s behavior. The concepts on motivation, reward, leadership and empowerment will allow students to learn the art of dealing, handling and living with people from all walks of life. After taking up this subject, one will be ready to work with and handle people with confidence.COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of the course, 90% of the students are expected to:1. describe specific theories related to perception, motivation, leadership, job design and organizational change through class discussions and group exercises;2. demonstrate effective teamwork behaviors through a group research activity and peer evaluation;3. integrate individual, group and organizational level concepts through case studies, and persuasive paper;4. identify the organizational behavior concepts and theories present in real business world examples through company visits and current events presentation;5. understand why people and groups in organizations feel and behave as they do;6. develop and enhance their skills as organizational members and managers; and7. gain confidence and expertise in dealing with and handling peopleCOURSE REQUIREMENTS:1. regular class attendance2. quizzes, assignments, seatwork3. major exams4. group exercise (actual) -weekly5. case study w/ defense– Final Requirement6. Self Reflection on O.B. - MidtermObjectives:1. to attempt to convince their supervisor (hypothetical) to take a particular action related to an organizational behavior topic2. to develop in themselves the ability to communicate with people of authority3. group research project - Company Case Study (Finals) to apply and integrate the different OB concepts to expose themselves to real-life OB situations to gain confidence and mastery in applying the different OB concepts peer evaluation - Finals4. to personally experience working with people and evaluate people’s performance in an organizationto be aware of the areas they need to improve in themselves5. company visit to expose the students to real-life situations and work conditions to familiarize themselves with the OB concepts mostly applied and adopted by organizations to gain confidence in and actual experience of dealing with people at workCOURSE TEXTBOOK:Newstrom, John W., et. al. Organizational Behavior: Human Behavior at Work, 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2002REFERENCES:Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management, 8th Edition. Prentice-Hall. 2000Ivancevich, John M. Human Resource Management, 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill. 1998Ivancevich, John M., et. al. Organizational Behavior and Management, 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2002Kreitner, Robert and Kinicki, Angelo. Organizational Behavior 6th Ed. Mc Graw Hill 2005Robbins, Stephen. Organizational Behavior, 8th Edition. Prentice-Hall. 1998Websites:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_behaviorTOPICSMidtermsI. Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior A. The Dynamics of People and Organizations B. Models of Organizational Behavior C. Managing Communications D. Social Systemsand Organizational CultureII. Motivation and Reward Systems A. Motivation B. Appraising and Rewarding PerformanceIII. Leadership and Empowerment A. Leadership B. Empowerment and ParticipationFinalsIV. Individual and Interpersonal Behavior A. Employee Attitudes and their Effects B. Issues Between Organizations and Individuals C. Interpersonal BehaviorV. Group Behavior A. Informal and Formal Groups B. Team and Team BuildingVI. Change and Its Effects A. Managing Stress B. Stress and CounselingVII. Emerging Aspects of Organizational Behavior A. Organizational Behavior across Cultures